MOSS Content Into Non MOSS Site

We have a client who wants to use MOSS 2007 to create/manage/andpublish content. But they don;t want to abaondon their current frontend web site (asp.net). Instead what they want to do is pull contentfrom the MOSS database and use it in their existing site. They want todo this for the navigation text as well as content such as newsreleases, etc.

We have tried to convince them to customize a MOSS site with the lookand feel of their existing site. They say unless we can prove it won;tcost anymore they want to use the existing site and pull content.

Does anyone have any expereince in doing this? Can it be done easilythrough the MOSS object model? Any help would be appreciated.

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To do this using the object model you would have to do it on the same serveras SharePoint. If the ASP.NET website isn't on a SharePoint server youcould still do it using webservices. It would not be any easier to do thisthan customizing WSS. So all they would save is licensing costs.

Yes its possible, but your customer needs to understand the cost ofongoing maintenance. It will be far more expensive to support unlessthey have skilled talent inhouse to support it after deployment &signoff. Very foolish decision by your customer. Do they reallyunderstand what MOSS offers.

I don't know if there's anything on web services in the MOSS SDK, but you shouldbookmark it anyway. =)

Your biggest questions will be licensing. If they are using MOSS as an intranetonly solution, the license costs are quite a bit less, depending on the numberof CALS they need. If they're opening it up to the internet, the internetlicense is somewhere near $40k per server, however, MS says you can't use aninternet farm as an intranet. Basically, you'd need to have two farms if thereare both internal employees using MOSS and the rest of the world via internet. This info was based on the MS Plan for Performance and Capacity document:

MS has muddied it up nicely, making it nearly impossible for small businesses touse MOSS as an intranet AND internet solution. Having said all that, it soundslike MS may possibly be backing down on their "separate farm" requirement. I'dsuggest you contact a licensing expert at MS before moving forward with costcomparisons.

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